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Reuben, Jacob’s firstborn, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>and the children of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>The children of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1397b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span> the son of a Canaanite woman. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span>The children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>The children of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the children of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>The children of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Jashub,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1400c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span> and Shimron. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span>The children of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">15</span>(these are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; in all his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three). </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">16</span>The children of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">17</span>The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. The children of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">18</span>(these are the children of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; and these she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons). </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">19</span>The children of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">20</span>To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">21</span>The children of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">22</span>(these are the children of Rachel, who were born to Jacob—fourteen persons in all). </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">23</span>The children of Dan: Hashum.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1410d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span> </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">24</span>The children of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">25</span>(these are the children of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all). </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">26</span>All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own offspring, not including the wives of his sons, were sixty-six persons in all. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">27</span>The children of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy.</span></p> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Jacob Settles in Goshen</span></h3><p><span class="text"><span class="versenum">28</span>Israel<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-1415e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> sent Judah ahead to Joseph to lead the way before him into Goshen. When they came to the land of Goshen, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">29</span>Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. He presented himself to him, fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">30</span>Israel said to Joseph, “I can die now, having seen for myself that you are still alive.” </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">31</span>Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">32</span>The men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">33</span>When Pharaoh calls you, and says, ‘What is your occupation?’ </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">34</span>you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our ancestors’—in order that you may settle in the land of Goshen, because all shepherds are abhorrent to the Egyptians.”</span></p> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 46:3">Genesis 46:3</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>the God</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 46:10">Genesis 46:10</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>Saul</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 46:13">Genesis 46:13</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Compare Sam Gk Num 26.24; 1 Chr 7.1: MT <i>Iob</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 46:23">Genesis 46:23</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Gk: Heb <i>Hushim</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Genesis 46:28">Genesis 46:28</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>He</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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